I can reproduce the issue (backtrace attached). I do have a ~/.gnote folder. gnote has been installed a long time. Moving ~/.gnote away, makes gnote start up.
I do think this makes it a RC bug, as gnote should be able to deal with old data after an upgrade. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
Starting program: /usr/bin/gnote [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0x7fffe970b700 (LWP 24115)] [New Thread 0x7fffe8f0a700 (LWP 24116)] [New Thread 0x7fffe3395700 (LWP 24117)] Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x00007ffff3e07478 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:55 55 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory. #0 0x00007ffff3e07478 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:55 resultvar = 0 pid = 24110 selftid = 24110 #1 0x00007ffff3e088fa in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89 save_stage = 2 act = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x6c2d34365f363878, sa_sigaction = 0x6c2d34365f363878}, sa_mask = {__val = {8461814194867891817, 7091318279560064047, 3346019690373591597, 3471765346408738352, 7148451098534491914, 7365405400577881139, 3473739188760110694, 2337417879816777776, 3472328523861012528, 3539889987387928608, 2314910914395190576, 2314885530818453536, 2314885530818453536, 8660248813382869024, 7596496373740942904, 3419760881481315694}}, sa_flags = 1734502764, sa_restorer = 0x4f} sigs = {__val = {32, 0 <repeats 15 times>}} #2 0x00007ffff3e45ffa in __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=2, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7ffff3f3dcb8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175 ap = <error reading variable ap (Attempt to dereference a generic pointer.)> fd = 11 on_2 = <optimized out> list = <optimized out> nlist = <optimized out> cp = <optimized out> written = <optimized out> #3 0x00007ffff3e4b946 in malloc_printerr (action=3, str=0x7ffff3f3a4d1 "free(): invalid pointer", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5000 buf = "000000000078fd00" cp = <optimized out> ar_ptr = <optimized out> ptr = <optimized out> str = 0x7ffff3f3a4d1 "free(): invalid pointer" action = 3 #4 0x00007ffff3e4c12e in _int_free (av=0x7ffff4172b20 <main_arena>, p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:3861 size = <optimized out> fb = <optimized out> nextchunk = <optimized out> nextsize = <optimized out> nextinuse = <optimized out> prevsize = <optimized out> bck = <optimized out> fwd = <optimized out> errstr = <optimized out> locked = <optimized out> __func__ = "_int_free" #5 0x00007ffff7b28213 in gnote::NoteManagerBase::~NoteManagerBase (this=0x773350, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at notemanagerbase.cpp:100 No locals. #6 0x00007ffff7b255ea in gnote::NoteManager::NoteManager (this=0x773350, directory=...) at notemanager.cpp:41 No locals. #7 0x000000000044bda4 in gnote::Gnote::common_init (this=this@entry=0x6f4700) at gnote.cpp:142 note_path = "/home/michael/.local/share/gnote" #8 0x000000000044dfc8 in gnote::Gnote::on_command_line (this=0x6f4700, command_line=...) at gnote.cpp:120 argc = 1 argv = 0x82c510 passed_cmd_line = {m_context = 0x84c440, m_use_panel = false, m_background = false, m_shell_search = false, m_note_path = 0x0, m_do_search = false, m_search = "", m_show_version = false, m_do_new_note = false, m_new_note_name = "", m_open_note = 0x0, m_open_start_here = false, m_highlight_search = 0x0, m_open_note_name = "", m_open_note_uri = "", m_open_external_note_path = ""} cmdline = @0x6f4760: {m_context = 0x893480, m_use_panel = false, m_background = false, m_shell_search = false, m_note_path = 0x0, m_do_search = false, m_search = "", m_show_version = false, m_do_new_note = false, m_new_note_name = "", m_open_note = 0x0, m_open_start_here = false, m_highlight_search = 0x0, m_open_note_name = "", m_open_note_uri = "", m_open_external_note_path = ""} #9 0x00007ffff6b6171d in Gio::Application_Class::command_line_callback(_GApplication*, _GApplicationCommandLine*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgiomm-2.4.so.1 No symbol table info available. #10 0x00007fffec341060 in ffi_call_unix64 () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 No symbol table info available. #11 0x00007fffec340acb in ffi_call () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 No symbol table info available. #12 0x00007ffff4c47cf5 in g_cclosure_marshal_generic_va () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #13 0x00007ffff4c471d4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #14 0x00007ffff4c614b8 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #15 0x00007ffff4c6208f in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #16 0x00007ffff4f35a13 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #17 0x00007ffff4f37a6d in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #18 0x00007ffff6b60e48 in Gio::Application::local_command_line_vfunc(char**&, int&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgiomm-2.4.so.1 No symbol table info available. #19 0x00007ffff6b6109d in Gio::Application_Class::local_command_line_vfunc_callback(_GApplication*, char***, int*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgiomm-2.4.so.1 No symbol table info available. #20 0x00007ffff4f37c32 in g_application_run () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #21 0x000000000044533d in gnote::Gnote::main (this=this@entry=0x6f4700, argc=argc@entry=1, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffe0a8) at gnote.cpp:96 handle = false retval = <optimized out> #22 0x0000000000445493 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe0a8) at main.cpp:35 No locals.
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